Event Type: Panel Discussions and Roundtables
Technology as a Tool for Democratization and Empowerment
The world is evolving rapidly. With sweeping shifts in global leadership, advancement of artificial intelligence, population changes, and social media, societal paradigms are quickly transforming. How do we make sense of this moment? What opportunities are there to shape it? What role does technology play? Join the Jackson Schoolâs Social Innovation Initiative as three former Yale World Fellows share the challenges and opportunities they are tackling as they innovate new solutions for Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Speakers include: Belabbes Benkredda, founder of Munathara Initiative, the Arab worldâs largest online and television debate forum highlighting voices of youth, women, and marginalized communities; Joshin Raghubar, serial technology and impact venture…
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The Jackson School Office of Alumni Affairs will host a virtual discussion on the impact of the U.S. presidential election on Russia’s war in Ukraine with Luke Johnson MA â18 and 2019 World Fellow Olena Sotnyk, moderated by Eric Sanderson BA â20. Luke Johnson is a Berlin-based journalist covering politics, media, and society in Central and Eastern Europe, primarily focusing on the War in Ukraine and its regional effects. He writes the newsletter Public Sphere for people trying to understand the crisis of democracy in the U.S. and abroad. His reporting and analysis have been featured in The New Republic, Foreign Policy, Columbia Journalism Review, Internationale Politik Quarterly, The Washington…
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Yale’s Office of Sustainability will host an insightful panel discussion with 2024 World Fellows Fausto Ximenes and Charlotte Wang, who will share their pioneering work and global insights on sustainability and climate technology. Mr. Ximenes is Oxfam International Country Director for Timor-Leste where he leads an international country team and strives, alongside local civil society partner organizations and communities, to tackle challenges of climate justice, gender equality and gender justice, inclusive economic development, and civic participation. Before joining Oxfam, Fausto was a Development Economist and Senior Policy Advisor to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), a Graduate Researcher with the University of Oxfordâs Changing Character of War (CCW) Centre where…
More InformationPOSTPONED The Power of Public Opinion Polls
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED. PLEASE WATCH FOR NEW DATE AFTER THE THANKSGIVING RECESS. Join the Brady-Johnson Program in Grand Strategy and European Horizons for a compelling conversation with 2024 World Fellows Laura Krause and Anna Biryukova as they explore the transformative power of public opinion polls. The discussion will be moderated by Avi Ross ’25 and Liana Schmitter-Emerson ’25. Laura Krause is the founding director of More in Common Germany, an organization dedicated to understanding and addressing the forces dividing democracies and countering divisive âus vs. themâ narratives. As a member of the organizationâs international executive team, Laura collaborates with colleagues across France, Poland, the UK, and the US….
More InformationChampioning Human Rights Through Arts and Sports
2024 World Fellows Sokny Onn and Tarek Mouganie will share their work in championing human rights through the arts and sports. Sokny is a passionate advocate for disability inclusion, serving as Country Director of Epic Arts, a UK-registered NGO in Cambodia, and as an advisor to the Cambodian Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts. In her Epic Arts role, she leads a program that empowers individuals with disabilities through arts, including inclusive education, community outreach, and social enterprise, with the aim to create an inclusive, valued, and discrimination-free environment for people with disabilities. Her experiences as a woman with disabilities drive her determination and passion as a leader in promoting…
More InformationGender and Conflict: A World Fellows Panel
The Schell Center for International Human Rights will host a panel on “Gender and Conflict” featuring 2024 World Fellows Roba El Husseini, Iraq’s Deputy Bureau Chief for Agence France Presse, and Priya Pillai, international lawyer and director of the Asia Justice Coalition. The panel will be moderated by Dina Francesca Haynes, executive director of the Yale Law School’s Schell Center for International Human Rights.
More InformationFilm Screening: Navalny
The World Fellows program will host a screening of the Oscar-winning film “Navalny,” which details the 2020 assassination attempt of Russian opposition leader and former World Fellow Alexei Navalny. The film screening will be followed by a Q&A with Christo Grozev, an investigative journalist with Bellingcat; Leonid Volkov, 2018 World Fellow and Navalny’s chief of staff; and Anna Biriukova, 2024 World Fellow and a pollster at the Anti-Corruption Foundation. This event is open to the public, but registration is requested.
More InformationAccountability For Forgotten Crises
A panel discussion with Nathaniel Raymond, Director, Humanitarian Research Lab, Yale School of Public Health; Priya Pillai, Director, Asia Justice Coalition and 2024 Yale World Fellow; Karnig Kerkonian, International Lawyer, Armenian Delegation to the ICJ, and moderated by Claudia Flores, Director, Schell Center for International Human Rights at the Yale Law School. The panelists, representing Sudan, Myanmar, and Nagorno-Karabakh, will discuss accountability for forgotten crisis.
More InformationCrossroads of Innovation: Policy, Science and Entrepreneurship in Latin America
The Council on Latin America and Iberian Studies will host a panel on the Crossroads of Innovation: Policy, Science and Entrepreneurship in Latin America. Panelists include 2024 World Fellows include Gabriel Silva, Gonzalo Moratorio, and Leticia Jauregui. The panel will be moderated by Prof. Ligia Fabris Campos.
More InformationBuilding Inclusive Societies in Post Conflict Context: Cambodia and Timor-Leste
The World Fellows Program will host a panel discussion on building inclusive societies in post conflict context with 2024 World Fellows Sokny Onn and Fausto Ximenes.
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